Tag: Cyber

April 16, 2018

Cybersecurity threats “keep me up at night,” said Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen at an April 11 appropriations hearing. “It changes quickly. It’s prolific. It’s non-stop and it’s from many, many, many sectors.” DHS is seeking more than $644 million […]

July 11, 2017

President Donald Trump proposed creating a so-called “cyber security unit” with Russia, then he decided against it after the idea was shot down by pretty much anybody who got word of it, including congressional members of his own GOP party. […]

July 10, 2017

Cybersecurity and nuclear power experts have been quick to say that recently disclosed cyber intrusions at power plants do not pose a public safety risk. Yet experts and former officials say the potential fallout is that information sharing between critical […]

April 19, 2017

Federal government networks and American critical infrastructure systems are under constant cyber bombardment — on an hourly basis — said Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly in his first public speech since taking office. “The threats are relentless,” Kelly said in […]

August 9, 2016

The Naval Research Laboratory has followed up on a June notice seeking information on cybersecurity services by telling vendors it plans to use a governmentwide acquisition contract instead. The lab initially sent out a sources-sought notice for small companies classified […]

July 19, 2016

The Navy has a new top spy and cyber official. Vice Adm. Jan Tighe has moved into the post of Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare and Director of Naval Intelligence. The post taps Tighe’s experience as one […]

July 31, 2015

Idaho Capitol Building (Wikimedia Commons) Idaho is buttressing its cyber defenses to deflect an increasing flow of attacks. On Monday, Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter signed an executive agreement forming Idaho’s first cybersecurity task force, a move that comes in response […]

March 13, 2015

Homeland Security Today: The CyberEdge Group published its second annual Cyberthreat Defense Report, which provides a view of organizations’ security threats, current defenses and planned investments. Consistent with the findings in last year’s inaugural Cyberthreat Defense Report, the 2015 report […]

March 13, 2015

The Coast Guard plans to unveil a new cyber security strategy within the next month that focuses on protecting not only Coast Guard networks and systems from cyber attacks, but also the country’s 3,600 sea ports and facilities, and the […]